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Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Jatayu rock, Chadayamangalam, Kerala, India

Jatayu rock, Chadayamangalam (Jatayumangalam) area of Kollam
district. Largest bird sculpture in the world. Where Jatayu fell,
mortally wounded.
Etymology
Ravana abducted Sita to
Lanka. Jatayu had tried to rescue Sita from Ravana when Ravana is on his
way to Lanka. Jatayu fought valiantly with Ravana, but as Jatayu was
very old Ravana soon got the better of him. As Rama and Lakshmana
chanced upon the stricken and dying Jatayu in their search for Sita, he
informs them of the fight between him
and Ravana and tells them that he had gone south. It is believed that
Jatayu fell on the rocks in Chadayamangalam after his wings were chopped
off by Ravana.
Kerala park to welcome visitors in Jan
The Jatayu Nature Park in Chadayamangalam area of Kollam district in
Kerala will open its adventure zone to the public in January next year.
Spanning an area of 65 acres, the park is the first tourism project to
be built on a public-private partnership model in Kerala under the
build-operate-transfer (BOT) mode.
It will house the world's
largest bird sculpture (200 feet long, 150 feet broad and 70 feet in
height). Spread across three storeys, the sculpture of the mythical bird
will house a digital museum, a 6D theatre and offer a bird's eyeview
from 1,000 feet above sea level.
The park will also feature an
adventure zone spread across three kilometres, an ayurvedic and siddha
resort and a cable car system. It is being developed at an investment of
Rs1 billion on land leased from the Kerala government.